291 Ga. App. 736 - Walton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “On appeal from a criminal conviction, the evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. We do not weigh the evidence or determine witness credibility, but only determine if the evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find the defendant guilty of the charged offense beyond a reasonable doubt. 2”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 314 Ga. App. 86 - Adams v. State

2. “witnesses are not authorized to express their opinions regarding an ultimate issue in a case, because to do so would invade the factfinding province of the jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. CARR v. the STATE.

3. “However, expert opinion testimony on even the ultimate issue is admissible where the conclusion of the expert is one beyond the ken of the average layman.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. CARR v. the STATE.